Salt 1947 Journal 8 mi W, 3 mi N McKittrick, 2100 ft., Kern Co., Calif. Sept. 14 to heights of 20 & 8 feet respectively and form dense tangles with little understory. Peromyscus were caught in here, and mex. Blue birds, Carpodacus mexicanus, Phainopeplas, Bewick Wrens, Brown & Spotted Towhees, Valley Quail, Thrashers (Calif.), Arkansas Goldfinches, Calif. Jays feed on the berries of the Prunus. Screech Owls are common in this habitat. The hillsides on either side of the stream bed are bare, lightly covered with a low dry grass and an even cover of Haplopapus. Those hillsides facing generally north are more densely covered but not much. Dotted in the Haplopapus on the hillsides and in the draws are Blue Oaks and junipers. The ground is soft sandy soil with pieces of shale broken up in it, in the Haplopapus were caught both species of Peromyscus and Parognathus californicus. Horned Owls, Barn Owls, and Sparrow Hawks are found on the hillsides. Set out six Schuyler traps in the tangle along stream course south of camp baited with pieces of mouse.